CROTONE The commissioner marks a “turning point” on the implementation of the Operational remediation plan (Phase 2) of the abandoned industrial site of Crotone.
In a note sent this morning to the media, in fact, the general Emilio Errigo informs that «exercising the powers of necessity and urgency provided for in decree of the President of the Council of Ministers, 14 September 2023 asked theintervention of the specialized components of the Carabinieriin order to eliminate the critical issues that can no longer be postponed that have arisen with the historical presence of the enormous quantity of waste (estimated at over one million tons) currently lying in private areas, now owned by Eni Rewind Spa and already owned by Edison Spa located near the maritime and river coastal strip, adjacent to the river mouth Exaroin the immediate vicinity of sea shore of the city of Crotone, falling within Contaminated site of national interest in Crotone – Cassano and Cerchiara di Calabria».
«This intervention – explains the commissioner – aims to move and transfer to treatment plants and suitable authorized landfills, the enormous quantity of waste of which, approximately 49% are classified as “non-hazardous special”, 35%, as “hazardous contaminated by heavy metals” and 16%, as “hazardous special with and in the absence of Tenorm and Asbestos”; in fact, part of this waste is considered highly dangerous because it is related to the exposome to which the citizens and residents of Crotone are exposed. Resolving and overcoming this decades-long stalemate is fundamental for the defense, protection, public health and safety of the environment, biodiversity and ecosystems for the benefit of future generations.”
«The request for intervention by the armed and police force of the Carabinieri – General Errigo enters into the matter – is aimed atidentification outside the territory of the Calabria Regionof suitable people treatment plants and authorized landfills to treat the waste present in the Sin area; on the national territory in relation to those suitable for the delivery of hazardous waste and, limited to special dangerous waste containing Tenorm and Asbestos, also on foreign territory, making use of national information and security bodies and foreign collateral bodies for such research”.
«This request follows and completes the information process – underlines the note – wanted by the extraordinary commissioner who already in recent months has requested Isprathe formulation and sending of a questionnaire to the national managers of authorized plants and landfills to find out and confirm the possible fates of Sin waste”.
«All the planned administrative procedures in positive-sum coordination and cooperation activities – explains the commissioner – are achievable thanks to the active, concrete, substantial and important collaboration on the part of the top management of the Eni Spa company, the managing director, managers and officials of Rewind Spa, from Edison Spa, and working in close synergy with the competent department and the competent people general directorates of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, of the Territory and Environmental Protection Department of the Calabria Region, of the competent offices responsible for the protection and safeguarding of the environment of the Province and the Municipality of Crotonewith the support of the public environmental engineering company Sogesid Spa, of the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection (Ispra), of the National System for Environmental Protection (Snpa), and of the Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment of Calabria (Arpacal)”.
«The national authorities of the competent ministries, the judicial authority of the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Crotone, the provincial authority of Prefecture – Territorial Government Office of Crotone, the competent health authorities of Calabria regionof the Province and Municipality of Crotone”.
«Correct information and transparent communication to citizens – concludes Errigo – is guaranteed by the timely media coverage of the local, provincial, regional and national media and press».
